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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From 1994 to 2012, there were at least 40 marriage-related ballot measures. In 2004 alone, more than a quarter of states in the country (13) faced one of these measures. (Click through to the research brief for an interactive version of this graphic.)

A combination bar and line graph showing both the number of marriage-related ballot initiatives each year and the total number over time, from 1994 to 2012. By 2012, there were at least 40 such measures.

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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

And while these data points were already published, they are so important to keep elevating: when transgender people are able to access the medical care they need, their life satisfaction dramatically improves.

Figure titled "In the Largest Ever Survey of Transgender People, Those Who Have Socially or Medically Transitioned Are More Satisfied With Their Life." It shows, for example, that 98% of transgender respondents who have received prescription hormones said they were more satisfied with life as a result.

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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Trans people in faith communities also reported widespread experiences of support. This is especially notable given the frequent and false pitting of faith and transgender rights against each other. Trans people are also people of faith, and many people of faith support trans people and rights.

Figure titled "In the Largest Ever Survey of Transgender People, Most Report Strong and Frequent Support from their Faith Communities." The figure shows that a majority of transgender respondents in the 2022 USTS say their faith leaders or community members did a variety of things "many times" over the past year to accept them as a trans person. For example, 69% of respondents in a faith community said their faith leaders or community members made them feel welcome as a trans person "many" times over the past year.

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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Trans people themselves reported strong support at schools, workplaces, and in their families. For example, among USTS respondents who are out to their coworkers, 74% say their coworkers are supportive of them being transgender. (Interactive graphics on our site!) mapresearch.org/brief/suppor...

Figure titled "In the Largest Ever Survey of Transgender People, Most Report Strong Support from Families, Coworkers, and Classmates." The figure shows that a majority of transgender respondents in the 2022 USTS say their family, classmates, coworkers, bosses, teachers, and more are supportive of them being transgender.

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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Today. Every day. The fight is never over. Transgender people know who we are, and no Court or politician can take that from us. We will outlive this.

A message from Louis Staples that reads: "Strangely, it's moments like this that I feel most lucky to be queer. I think about our elders. How hopeless they must have felt. How easy it would have been to give up. But they fought for the life I get to live today. What an insult it would be, to them, to succumb to despair."

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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Our new 2-page factsheet offers a big picture overview of the key system failures that make it difficult for many people--across race, age, gender identity, class, ability, and other backgrounds--to get or maintain accurate ID. It also shows the harms caused by these failures, and more.

Page 1 of a 2-page infographic titled The ID Divide: How Obstacles to Identity Documents Impact Us All. It summarizes five key system failures that make it difficult to get or maintain accurate ID, and the many harms caused by these obstacles, such as difficulty securing basic needs or participating in civic life.

Page 2 of a 2-page infographic about identity documents. It presents statistics on who in the U.S. lacks access to birth certificates and driver's licenses; argues for the importance of ID access for all; and offers a list of many different reasons why people may need to update their ID.

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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The CDC website for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) has suddenly disappeared. YRBS provides invaluable youth health data, including for LGBTQ youth. Trump admin is trying to enact harmful policy AND take away key tools to measure that harm. Like a crime + cover-up. www.cdc.gov/yrbs/results...

Screenshot of the CDC's page for YRBS, showing that "The page you're looking for was not found." Screenshot as of 8:30am CT, 1/31/25.

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Logan S. Casey, PhD @loganscasey.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Even despite this nationalization of politics & the impacts & information available through social media, states w/ good policies STILL see better outcomes for their young people. That good policies can provide not only for a lack of bad outcomes, but an actual protective effect against them. (7/8)

A blue-green square background with the logos for MAP and the Trevor Project. The text reads "LGBTQ+ young people living in states with a higher LGBTQ+ policy index reported lower odds of recent politics negatively impacting their well-being, compared to those living in states with a lower LGBTQ+ policy index."

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